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A review by thereadedit
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Monsters don’t always hide in the dark. Some walk around in broad daylight, happy to be seen by anyone foolish enough to look in their direction.
Alice Feeney has a way of bringing out the emotions in me that are unlike any other author. She invoked so many thoughts and then the emotions were flooding my system.
I couldn't help but be engaged from the very first page when Daisy brought me into the fold of her life and her family dynamic. I immediately loved her grandmother. Her family was definitely a different take than so many family dynamics that I have read and that is what drew me in from the very beginning. I needed to know all the dirty secrets.
Sometimes we love monsters without knowing that's what they are.
Monsters were the least of Daisy's worries in her life and we got to have the first row and have the popcorn and all the snacks a drinks along the way. I loved this book and all the twists and turns. Alice always knows how to write such an entertaining twist filled book that is mind boggling.
I never thought this book would ever be what it ended up being. It ended up being so much more than I ever thought it would be.
There came a time in the book where grief came over me and I couldn't help but feel it so deeply. When losing someone you love so deeply it is so hard not to feel it so deeply. I cried and cried and felt some grief all over again not just for these characters but also for someone that I have lost in my life. It's hard not to associate grief when you feel it in a book to someone or people in your life.
The tap of grief never turns off completely. It allows a person’s sorrow to slowly drip inside them until they are so unbearably full of sadness, they have no choice but to let it flow freely and pour out. Drowning every other thought and feeling.